His race has not been released. Kinsey, a therapist who was trying to calm an autistic…
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Cellphone video shows Kinsey lying in the street, holding his hands in the air.
Rivera said the video of the incident “poorly” portrayed the events, saying it was filmed “from a different vantage point and much closer than the officer was”.
“The city of North Miami is transparent and we are a responsible government”. He was placed on paid administrative leave.
Many demonstrators and activists are concerned at the apparent lack of outcome for police officers who shoot citizens.
The police chief has launched an investigation.
The shooting has sparked street protests, and Spring said a First Amendment zone will be established outside the police department for demonstrators.
When officers arrived they found the 23-year-old man, who has autism, and his therapist, Charles Kinsey.
Sources told Local 10 News that Hollant was the voice on the radio telling dispatch and other officers that someone had a gun.
The autistic man ignored the orders of police yelling for the men to lie down.
Rivera says the admission is meant to help calm the fears of a nation that’s seen a number of cellphone videos of police shooting black men. He said he tried to explain the situation to officers. “Be respectful. Put your driver’s license on the dashboard Hold your hands out the window”, Brazelton said.
“Many officers thought the white male had a firearm”.
47-year-old Charles Kinsey, a therapist, was shot by police while he was trying to help his patien with autism on July 18, 2016. No matter how much you try to prepare your kids, you know that their lives can depend nearly entirely on what kind of “apple” they get in a police encounter.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has taken over the investigation. As Eugene was leaving the podium, he refused to answer even more questions.
Aledda is a four-year veteran of the force and also a member of the SWAT Team.
A police union official had earlier told the Miami Herald that the officer had been aiming at the autistic man. His name is expected to be released Friday afternoon, at a news conference, at police headquarters. City officials did not return a phone call seeking confirmation.
A US congresswoman whose district includes North Miami told reporters she was shocked by Kinsey’s shooting.
“Our kids love electronics”, she said.
“From what I saw, he was lying on the ground with his hands up”.
“He got shot. He’s very traumatized”.
Wilson described the city as a “melting pot”. “We’re not accustomed to this tension”. “We have to follow up and see how we can break the tension and find solutions, because this cannot happen again”.
The health care worker’s attempt was stopped short when police responding to a 911 call ordered both men to the ground, then shot Kinsey, who spent several days in the hospital before going home Thursday night.
“When he hit me, I’m like, ‘I still got my hands in the air, ‘” he said. “To me, that’s just outrageous”, Bower said. “Wow, was I wrong”.
While the shooting wasn’t captured on camera, there is a recording showing the moments before the gunshots.
Napoleon said Thursday that Kinsey was physically “doing OK”. It is unclear who recorded the video.
Kinsey “did everything he was supposed to do, and was more concerned with protecting the individual he was responsible for than his own life”, Bower said. “Shut up!” responds the patient, who is sitting cross-legged in the road.
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Kinsey’s attorney, Hilton Napoleon, said his client also heard another officer ask the same question.
